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Air traffic controller Ray Adams put aviation safety ahead of his own career when he blew the whistle on near misses on the runways of Newark Airport in New Jersey. NJ.com reports that when Adams raised concerns about how runway...

Judge Joan Zeldon of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has denied a preliminary injunction sought by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). In doing so, she found that the agreement, and the employer's attempt to enforce...

My friend Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center shares this beautiful quote that I will be using in briefs for my clients: "Today’s employers, even those with only a scintilla of sophistication, will neither admit discriminatory or retaliatory intent,...

Washington attorney, former prosecutor and former SEC enforcer Dan Hurson has written an article of advice for middle managers who become targets of internal corporate investigations.  It is called, Memo to Middle Management: How to Avoid Becoming Road Kill In...

The federal government has released a new poster that employers have to post to their employees if they are receiving stimulus money. The new poster, however, is missing a few key details whistleblowers should know. For example, if a whistleblower...

Attorneys for UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld have written to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking that he reconsider the Justice Department's prior recommendation that Birkenfeld be sentenced to prison.  The attorneys have asked specifically that the Justice Department investigate the...

I am pleased to report a favorable decision today from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In Stone v. Instrumentation Laboratory Co., No. 08-1970 (4th Cir. 12-31-2009), the Court reinstated David Stone's SOX case after a lower...

On Monday, Israeli authorities arrested famed nuclear whistleblower Mordechi Vanunu on a charge that he met with a foreigner in violation of the conditions of his release from prison in 2004.  CCTV provides video of Vanunu's attorney saying that the...

Mark Toth's management-side blog, Manpower Employment Blawg, reports on findings from Jury Verdict Research. Jury verdicts in employment cases are up this year, a "whopping 60%" from $204,000 to $326,640. Discrimination verdicts rose 16%, from $208,000 to $241,119. Employers are...

Dennis Brutus, died December 26th in Cape Town, South Africa, at the age 85. Dennis was one of the National Whistleblowers Center's founding board members. He is a world-renowned poet and was always a voice of the downtrodden and dispossessed. Dennis...